Adjustable standard for dress-forms.



F. B. GRANGER. ADJUSTABLE STANDARD FOR DRESS FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1915- Patented Dec. 3, i918.

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FRANK B. GRANGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HALL-BORCHERT DRESSFORM COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE STANDARD FOR DRESS-FORMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. GRANGER, a. citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county of New York, State of New York, haveinvented an Improvement in Adjustable Standards for Dress-Forms, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representinglike parts.

This invention relates to adjustable standards for supporting dressforms and the like and it has for its object to provide a novel standardadjustable as to its height and which is provided with novel means forreleasably holding said standard in any adjusted position so as topresent the article supported by the standard at the desired Thestandard comprises two sections having a telescopic relation to eachother and a locking device for holding the sectionsextended more or lesswhichcomprises a flexible member and a gripping device cooperating withthe flexible member to hold the sections in the desired adjustedposition.

In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated inthe drawings a selected embodiment thereof which is adapted to operateas a means for supporting a dress form, but I desire to state that theinvention is capable of use for supporting various other objects thandress forms and, therefore, the invention is not limited to use inconnection with a dress form.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a standard embodying myinvention and showing the dress form thereon in dotted outline;

tional view taken at right angles to Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlargedsection on the line :n-w, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showingthe operation of thecord-clamping device.

The standard herein shown comprises the two sections 1 and 2 having atelescopic relation to: each other, the lower section 1 Fig. 2 is anenlarged fragmentary sec-V being herein shown as sustained in a pedestalor base piece 3 and the upper section 2 supporting the article to besustained, which in the present embodiment of the invention is a dressform 4:. The lower section 1 is shown as tubular in shape. The uppersection 2 may have any suitable construction adapted to permit it totelescope relative to the section 1. I have, however, herein shown it ascomprising two heads or ends 5 and 6 which are connected by two rods 7.The lower head 5 is in the form of a disk to which the rods 7 aresecured and which are provided with central openings through which thelower section 1 of the standard extends. The upper head 6 is providedwith some suitable means for attaching thereto the part to be sustained.In the present construction this head has a screw-threaded stud 8 risingtherefrom which extends through the neck plates of the dress form andhaving the clamping nut 9 screwthreaded thereto by which the neck platesare clamped in position. i

The rods 7 of the upper section are shown as extending through aperturesin a collar or flange 10 at the upper end of the lower section 1, saidflange constituting a guiding 'means for the rods.

For holding the upper section in any adjusted position I have" provideda flexible member extending between the two sections and a grippingdevice cooperating with said flexible member to lock the upper sectionat the desired elevation. This flexible member is shown at 11 in theform of a cord which is connected at its' two ends to the upper end ofthe lower section 1 and which passes around guiding elements hereinshown in the form of pulleys 12 carried by the upper section 2. Thesepulleys are shown as located at the upper and lower ends of the section2. but they may be arranged in any desirable location. With such aconstrue tion the upper section 2 can be readily raised and lowered andthe cord or connection 11 will always be taut. The collar 10 is shown ashaving a notch 13 therein through which the cord passes, said notchacting as a. guide tends up through the collar and has a spring 18situated between the collar anda nut 19 thereon. This provides not onlya flexible... connection but also for taking up any undesirable lack inth cord.

The gripping cooperates with the cord 11 to hold the section. 10extended is shown at 14 andit is provided with two openings or passages15 through which the tworuns of the cord pass.

These openings are situated a less'distance apart than the distancebetween the point 16 at which the cord 11 is secured to the collar 10and the notch 13, so that when the gripping member 14 is moved towardthe collar 10 the portlon of the cord passing through the'notch will bebent sharply over the edge of the collar 10. The friction thusproducedby the cord bending over the edge of the collar is sufficient to holdthe upper section in any adjusted position.

Means are provided which tend normally to hold the gripping member 14 inits operative position, which means are releasable from the lower end ofthe standard so that when a dress form or other article is supported bythe standard the gripping device can be released from the lower endthereof and without disturbing the dress form or other article, therebypermitting the standard .to be raised or loweredto the desired height.For this purpose the gripping member 14 is secured to a rod 20 whichextends downwardly through-the tubularsection '1 and at its lower end isengaged by one end of a treadle 21. The treadle is shown as formed withthe rounded socket 22 in which the lower end of the rod 20 rests. andsaid treadle is provided on its under side with a notch 23 in which isreceived a fulcrum pin 24 carried by arms 25 depending from the pedestalor base 3. The rod 20 is acted upon by a spring 26 which tendsnormallyto depress the rod and, thereby hold the gripping member in itsoperative position. This spring is shown as confined between an interiorshoulder 27 at the upper end of the standard and a collar 28 carried bythe rod 20. The treadle is shown as p'rovidedwith its operative grippingposition, as shown in connected to said collar through the device orelement which 7 Fig. 4, and when in this position the friction of theportion 30 of the cord where it passes over the edge of the notch willbe suflicient to hold the upper section 1 in its adjusted position. Ifthe upper section is to be raised or lowered, the operator merelydepresses the treadle thereby raising the gripping member into thedotted line pesitien shown. in Fig. 4 and whenin this position the trio-,tional engagement of the cord with the collar 10 isreleased so that theupper section can be raised or lowered. \Vhen the 'pres sure onthetreadle is relieved the gripping member 14 will automatically assumeits gripping position.

1. In an adjustable standard for dress forms and the like, thecombination with two sections having a telescopic relation, ofa'flexible member having its opposite ends connected to'one of saidsections, a gripping tive to each other. and means for releasing thegripping member.

movement endwise in. either direction'rela- 2. In an adjustablestandardfor dress forms and the like, thecombination with two sections havin atelescopic relation, of a flexible member extending from one end to theother of one section, a gripping device carried by the other section andadapted to grip the flexible member, said flexible memher when thusgripped'locking the sections from endwise movement in either directionrelative to each other, and means to release the gripping member.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with two sectionshaving a telescopic relation, of a flexible member connected at bothends to one section and looped about guiding elements carried at theopposite ends'of the other section. a'gripping member cooperating withthe flexible member to hold the latter in frictional engagement with thefirst mentioned section, and means operable from the base of the membertorelease said gripping member.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with tw'osections having a telescopic relation.v of a flexible member connectedat its ends to the upper end of the lower section. guiding elementscarried by the opposite ends of the upper section and about which saidflexible member passes, said lower-section having a guiding notchthrough which the cord passes and, a gripping member out of line withsaid notch and acting on the flexible member adjacent the notch to causethe latter to have sufficient frictional engagement with said notchedmember to hold the sections in adjusted poping member cooperating withsaid flexible sition. member to hold an intermediate portion of 15 5. Adevice of the class described, includthe. latter between said guidingmembers ing two sections having a telescopic relation, against endwisemovement in respect to said a a flexible member having both endsconfirst mentioned section.

nected to one section, a pair of spaced guides In testimony whereof Ihave signed my carried by the other section and over which name to thisspecification.

said flexible member is looped and a grip- FRANK B. GRANGER.

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